Keapara language

Keapara
Keapara
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Central Province
Native speakers	19,000 (2000)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Papuan Tip Central Sinagoro–Keapara Hula–Keapara Keapara; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	khz
Glottolog	keap1239
	Coordinates: 10°02′38″S 147°47′10″E / 10.044°S 147.786°E

Keapara is an Oceanic language of Papua New Guinea. It is close to, but distinct from, its neighbour Hula.

It has been strongly influenced by Papuan languages.

Dialects[edit]

The Keapara language includes several dialectal varieties: Aroma, Babaka, Kamali, Kalo, Keapara (Kerepunu), Kapari, Lalaura, Maopa, Wanigela (Waiori).^[2]

Phonology[edit]

The following is the phonology of the Kalo dialect of Keapara:^[3]

Consonants[edit]

	Labial	Alveolar	Velar		Uvular
	Labial	Alveolar	plain	lab.	plain	lab.
Plosive	p	t	k	kʷ	q	qʷ
Nasal	m	n
Fricative	v		ɣ
Tap		ɾ
Lateral		l
Glide	w

Vowels[edit]

	Front	Central	Back
High	i		u
Mid	e		o
Low		a

References[edit]

^ Keapara at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Keapara". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
^ Laeka, Ali (1989). Cut-hit-break in Kalo. SIL. p. 21.

Bibliography[edit]

Dutton, T. "Lau'una: another Austronesian remnant on the south-east coast of Papua". In Lynch, J. and Pat, F.'A. editors, Oceanic Studies: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Oceanic Linguistics. C-133:61-82. Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1996. doi:10.15144/PL-C133.61

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[e25-1] Keapara at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Keapara". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[3] Laeka, Ali (1989). Cut-hit-break in Kalo. SIL. p. 21.

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